Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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